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Supraclavicular Skin Temperature as a Measure of (18)F-FDG Uptake by BAT in Human Subjects

BACKGROUND: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has emerged as a novel player in energy homeostasis in humans and is considered a potential new target for combating obesity and related diseases. The current ‘gold standard’ for quantification of BAT volume and activity is cold-induced (18)F-FDG uptake in BAT....

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Autores principales: Boon, Mariëtte R., Bakker, Leontine E. H., van der Linden, Rianne A. D., Pereira Arias-Bouda, Lenka, Smit, Frits, Verberne, Hein J., van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D., Jazet, Ingrid M., Rensen, Patrick C. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4055666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24922545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098822